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Colorado policymakers scramble with prisons on track to exceed capacity
Marianne Goodland | marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Colorado’s prison system is on track to exceed capacity within the next year, driven by a sharp slowdown in parole releases, staffing shortages and an ag…
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Colorado Supreme Court accepts cases about reliability of gun-to-bullet matching
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No deal: Basin states remain deadlocked as Colorado River negotiations collapse again
Marianne Goodland | marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
National
Rubio’s speech to European allies takes a softer tone but sticks to Trump’s firm stance
Matthew Lee | matthew.lee@associatedpress.com
Colorado Legislature
Democrat Shannon Bird qualifies by petition for primary ballot in Colorado’s toss-up 8th CD
Ernest Luning | ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Colorado District Attorneys unveil 2026 legislative priorities | WHAT’S YOUR AGENDA?
Updated 11 hours ago
Local Government
D-49 board approves staff, program cuts to balance budget
Eric Young | eric.young@gazette.com
Courts
Colorado Supreme Court accepts cases about reliability of gun-to-bullet matching
Michael Karlik | michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Colorado District Attorneys unveil 2026 legislative priorities | WHAT’S YOUR AGENDA?
Marissa Ventrelli | marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Appeals court clarifies what materials judges may rely on for postconviction decisions
Michael Karlik | michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
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CO PO Calendar | Aug. 4-10
Colorado Politics | 08/04/2025
CoPo’s weekly political calendar will help you find political and public-policy events throughout Colorado. It includes candidate and issue campaign events, public policy meetings, court hearings, state and local party conventions, assemblies, debates, rallies, parades, speaking engagements, traveling dignitary appearances, water meetings, book signings, county…
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Colorado judges lean left — just look at the numbers | George Brauchler
George Brauchler | george-brauchler@gazette.com
Colorado’s judicial selection system is heavily skewed toward Democrats and defendants. It is time to drop the pretense that our system adequately minimi…
